Interesting... Question (to Imam Ali (AS) ): Look my lord, these are the reasons why influential and rich Arabs are deserting you and are gathering around Moaawiya. Of what use are these poor persons, disabled people, aged widows, and Negro slaves to you. How can they help and serve you? Imam Ali (AS) replied: I cannot allow the rich and influential persons to exploit the society of this Muslim state and to run an inequitable and unjust system of distribution of wealth and opportunities. I cannot for a moment tolerate this. This is public wealth, it comes from the masses it must go back to them. The rich and powerful have not created any wealth, they have merely sucked it from the masses and after paying the taxes, etc., what is left to them is many times more than what they pay to the state and they are welcome to retain it. Had all this been private property I would have gladly distributed it in the same manner. So far as their desertion is concerned I am glad they deserted me. So far as the usefulness or services of these disabled person and have-nots is concerned remember that I am not helping them to secure their services, I fully well know that they are unable to serve me. I help them because they cannot help themselves and they are as much human beings as you and I. May God help me to do my duty as He wishes (Kitaab al-Gharsa)
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:11:01 +0000
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